January 9, 2020

The four-year proposal would seed innovation in recycling, transit, agriculture and other sectors that could help the state address climate change.

Bill Lucia, EdVoice: Nearly half of California students can’t read at grade level. The key to developing strong readers is providing teachers with the preparation and knowledge. Lawmakers should make teaching practices based on the science of reading a budgetary and policy priority.

Climate-friendly hydrogen-powered cars haven't taken off. But proponents say this may be the year when the “fuel of the future” finally arrives.

Jessica Millan Patterson, California Republican Party: California has serious issues and needs serious leaders to fix them. Unfortunately, Gov. Gavin Newsom has spent much of his first year grabbing headlines with unnecessary fights with the federal government and ignoring the Californians he was elected to protect.

Brendan Rawson, San Jose Jazz: California has overreached in its effort to address the challenges in today’s tech platform gig-work economy. The live music sector, the progenitor of the term “gig” work, is being swept up by this law. The irony would be comical if it were not such a serious problem.

Taking a play from Elizabeth Warren, Gov. Gavin Newsom wants California to become the first state to establish its own generic drug label, the better to cut health care costs.

More money coming to fight homelessness. Uber changes rules for drivers in response to new law. Census data show why Californians are leaving state.

Separating the Capitol's grain (serious legislation) from the chaff (symbolic fluff) is now always easy.